Halter.



J. E. G RIPENx HALTER.. .LPPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 8, 1908.

91 1,232, v Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

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V'Specification of LettersiPatent.

Y, Application filed September 8, 1908. Serial No. 452,018.

To all whom 'it may concern: l Be it'known that I, JOHN citizen of the United States, residing at Mc- Guire, in the countyof Dunklin and State of Missouri, have invented-a new and useful nature such as leather webbin The application Aof this halter to the head of an animal is very simple` and facile, and when properly adjusted it does not worry nor irritate the animal, nor can the animal esca etherefrom. g

Wiith these and other objects in view the invention consists of the constructiomfcombination `and arrangement of parts hereinafter described vand claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawinglvhich re r-V a ter app 1e i sents a pers ective view of the the head o the animal being shown vby dotted lines'.A

In the' drawing, 1 and "2 indicate we im,

, substantially square metal plates, through each of which and close to eachv corner is made an opening present case are elongated slots for the passage of a continuous strip `of leather 4V or webbing, or the openings maybe round when a rope 1s used. The two Voppositely dis osed slots 3 in each plate are parallel to eac 1 other and perpendicular to the other two Y slots in the same plate. To prevent danger, the pointed corners of the plates 1 and 2 are removed.

To assemble the parts, each end` ofthe` strip or webbing 4` is assed horizontally through the two vertical slots Sin 'a plate from within outwardlyand then inwardly again. After which the platesl and 2v are sl1d towards the center ofthe strap 4to form between them the nose'bandk or loop 5 of such size as to pass loosely around thefrontof the nose when the plates 1 and 2 are about midway of the muzzle of the animal'.I i

From the plates 1 and 2 the ends of the E. GRIFEN, a

Besides being economic-A fpartsof `the strip 4 which said ha 3, which openings in thestrip i4 are carried rearwardly and towards each other sufficiently far to pass loosely through a ring 6 backlof the cheeks and below the neck of an animal, thence upwardly as at 7 through asliding loop 8 and downwardly on the opposite sides of the halter to the cheek plates 1 and 2, passing outwardly through the upper horizontal slots 3 and thence between the cheek plates and the horizontal strips 4 andback to the inner side of said cheek plates through slots at the bottom thereof.

y TheV cheek plates are fastened to those pass thereover by punching holes-9in the cheek plates from the inside yto'throw up a bur to hold the strip, as

shown by the cheek plate 2, or by other suit VFrom the above it will be noted that the halter may be shortened by drawing the parts 7 of the strip 4 through the sliding loop 8 to raise the cheek plates,l and lengthened by an opposite movement ofstri The fastening able means.

rope, strap or chain is lin red to the ring 6 and the greater the draft thereon the more rsecure will the halter be retained on the animal.

Whatv is claimed is y 1. An adjustable halter made of a single strip of flexible material crossingitself at different oints, a cheek plate on each side of ter to which the ends of said strip are secured and through openings in which the nose band or loo crossing point t rough which the strip is adaptedl to'slide, and a ring connectingtwo portions. of said strip and slidable thereon.

2. AAn adjustable halter made of a single strip. of folded'iiexible material crossing itself at different points,a cheek plate on each side of said halter, a pair of oppositely disposed openings in said cheek plates through which the ends of the openings disposed at right angles'to t e rst pair through which a portion of said strip passes, 'means at the u per end of said halter throu h which crossedp ortions of said strip may slide at will and ya loose ring slidable on twonon-crossed portions of said strip.

i 3. A halter made of a single piece of ilexible material bent into U-shape to form a nose-band, and having itsterminals carried rearward into close proximity to-each other, thence conveXed from each other and carried passes, means at the other Y strip pass, a second air of i upward, crossing eaeh other, thence down- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as Werd, crossing the nose-band; means -for unitmy own, l have hereto aiiixed my signature lng the terminals With the nose-band; a slid- 1n the presence of two Witnesses.

ing connection inelosing the terminals at JOHN E. GRFEN. their intersection; a second sliding eonnee- Witnesses: tion inelosing the terminals below their inter- J. M. THOMPSON,

section and at their point of proximity. SAP. STEPHENS. 

